Creative Encounters

Someday far far in the future, a new civilization will be established and they will find artifacts from our time and they will Instagram them. You thought I was going to say they would find remnants of our obsession with Instagram, didn't you? Well, they will probably do that, too. But Instagram...

If you are a maker in business, you likely spend JUST as much time on the computer as you do making product. Possibly even more, depending on the day. Regardless of how much time you spend online or off, it's nice to engage in creative projects that are just for leisure - not for sale. Carving out...

I cannot believe it is NOVEMBER!! This is the start of the most magical, wonderful, stressful, insane time of year! If you are a maker in business - which you probably are - then you will be busy for the rest of the year (especially if you took my Etsy Training Course *wink*). If not with...

I know you are probably super curious about Amazon Handmade right now, but I am going to suggest you check out aftcra, again. Aftcra is different from Etsy, different from Amazon and might be a great new frontier to explore. What is aftcra? Earlier this year I introduced you to aftcra, a new...

If you haven't been following along on my new feature account @creativelife_happylife, then you simply must!! It's been so fun. What is @creativelife_happylife? This is an Instagram account dedicated to celebrating creativity and gainful self employment through craft! If you are a maker, artist or...

People ask me a lot about how to convert people who come and look around into paying customers - how to turn browsers into buyers, basically. This is a common question because we will always have more viewers than buyers. Always. There's just no way around it. And also because it's so frustrating...

If you like crafts - specifically embroidery - and you don’t know Kristen Shuler of Hey Paul Studios, you might need to crawl out from under your boulder and into the light!! Kristen is a superstar in the embroidery world and I am so excited to share more about her here today with you! This is a...

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Remember I told you I will be guest posting a series of monthly guess posts over on the aftcra blog? I'm so excited and I wanted to introduce you to this platform, it's the next big thing. More info on this collaboration can be found here. Of course I wanted to let them introduce themselves in...